Personality and support for universal human rights: A review and test of a structural model

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1735-1764

  McFarland, Sam ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANISM; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ADULT; AUTHORITARIANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149393229     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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